"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way." --Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

i'm keeping my fingers crossed but i don't believe in miracles anymore. so just go ahead and drop the bombshell cause i don't want to lose sleep this weekend.

THIS IS CZECH! (Part 3)

i asked my CZECH group mate to do a porter's and pest 5 forces analysis. this is the answer i got.

Hi,

I send some informations about Czech market and its development. It´s instead of the total PEST analysis.

Katka

and the document she sent me is here.

Gross domestic product

Real GDP grew by 6.0% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2007; nominal GDP rose by over ten percent and the overall price level increased by nearly four percent. The growth of overall demand was equally caused by household final consumption expenditure and gross capital formation; the contribution of external trade was very small.
According to preliminary estimates, real GDP increased by 6.0% in Q2 2007 compared to Q2 2006. Adjusted for seasonal and working day effects, GDP grew by 1.4% in comparison to Q1 2007. With reference to information sources update, estimated growth of GDP in Q1 2007 increased from 6.1% to 6.4%.

Supply side of the economy

A year-on-year increase of 6.0% in gross value added (constant prices) was mainly due to three, in terms of volume the most important industries: manufacturing (+10.5%), wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (+14.2%) and real estate, renting and business activities (+11.3%).

if u have not noticed by now, there is totally no relation to pest or porter's 5 forces. what's even more impressive is that if u google it the whole document comes up at this website. http://www.czso.cz/eng/csu.nsf/informace/ahdp090707.doc

did i mention there was no citations or references made? she passed it off as her own.

i am majorly impressed. university students in the most famous economics university in the czech republic.

THIS IS CZECH.

why is my room mate retarded?

because he opened the balcony door to "change the air in the room" and then proceeded to wear a jacket, winter socks and a sweater. seriously. fucking ass wipe. when i was sleeping none the less. i bet he wanted me to catch a cold. but this little grasshopper sleeps lightly so i woke up the moment he opened the door and said, "micheal, what the hell are u doing..."

Now i know how the nazis must have looked like when they fucking lost normandy.

I love the beauty of interpretation.

If I don’t tell, I’m not lying.

If I tell a half-truth, I’m not lying.

If I don’t know, it doesn’t matter.

I love how the mind wonders.

If I don’t know there’s probably something.

If I don’t hear anything there’s probably something.

If I hear something there’s probably something else.

But then again when does it end.

Perhaps in the perfect world filled with perfect people doing perfectly wholesome deeds with perfectly innocent intentions.

But the world’s not perfect, with perfect people doing perfectly wholesome deeds with perfectly innocent intentions.

People visiting prague! Bring on the SINGAPOREANS!

and i quote Reto, "singaporean girls are really hot."

if only he knew better...

sometimes i wonder whether there is such a thing as divine intervention and i'm glad when it happens. god will find a way when there seems to be no way, he works in ways we cannot see. okay dude, workm i don't care whether i can see it or not but i really hope that it's gonna be good. but at least now, something's clear. that at least i can put my mind at rest. lets hope other things are clearer and that after those things are clear, i can sleep well and put my mind at rest. at least until december ends.

it's just 1 month and 5 days. let us just hang in there. don't push me up the wall anymore.

But darling, you know that I love you true,
Do anything that you want me to,
Confess all my sins like you want me to,
There's one thing that I will say to you,
I'm not like everybody else,

That's what friends are for...

did i mention that the song in the previous post had no connection with the posts that i had written in the past? it was purely random. sorry my gay salsa dancing friend.

i was reading the past entries on my blog while attempting to study and i came across the posts in march 2006 and it really cracked me up.



Heres wishing you the bluest sky,
And hoping something better comes tomorrow.
Hoping all the verses rhyme,
And the very best of choruses to
Follow all the doubt and sadness.
I know that better things are on the way.

Heres hoping all the days ahead
Wont be as bitter as the ones behind you.
Be an optimist instead,
And somehow happiness will find you.
Forget what happened yesterday,
I know that better things are on the way.

Its really good to see you rocking out
And having fun,
Living like you just begun.
Accept your life and what it brings.
I hope tomorrow youll find better things.
I know tomorrow youll find better things.

Heres wishing you the bluest sky,
And hoping something better comes tomorrow.
Hoping all the verses rhyme,
And the very best of choruses to
Follow all the drudge and sadness.
I know that better things are on the way.

I know youve got a lot of good things happening up ahead.
The past is gone its all been said.
So heres to what the future brings,
I know tomorrow youll find better things.
I know tomorrow youll find better things.

i came back last night from meeting lydia G and her friend rita. after like 3 beers i was happily high and stumbling back into my dorm when i met reto, marcel and shin whom i ceremoniously played out because my sigaporean friends decided to message me at 7pm to meet for dinner...

a conversation between lyd g and rita to explain why they only messaged me at 7pm.

LG," just tell that bastard adrian that if he doesnt want to meet us he can just say he doesn't want to meet us instead of ignoring us."

R, "okay, but then what did u tell adrian after he said that he could meet us tonight? if he didnt want to meet us why would he reply at all..."

LG, "i just told him we were here and that if we could meet up. then u said he replied saying he could meet us tonight right?"

R, "yup! i told u he replied then what did u reply him?"

LG, " i tot u replied him..."

R, "it was YOUR PHONE..."

LG, "SHIT."


WOMEN

By! This girl looks like your mom…


the gang I went up with


skyscrapers, finally!


Jewish memorial which is really another name for a specialized hide and seek playground.




brandensburg gate


What the germans really think of the world


at the Reichstag








random shots










this is the church…



and this is the cross which is not on the church because the soviets didn’t make the roof strong enough….



TV Tower, which is also called the pope’s revenge because the globe reflects the sun’s rays as a giant cross. And we all know what the soviets thought about religious symbols. Oh, and it was built by the soviets…



Dresden









Berlin wall

THIS IS CZECH! (Part 2)

Check out this picture...



nothing fantastic right...
check this now out.



THEY WERE SHOWING PORN IN A STUDENT BAR.
oh well, as they say, this is CZECH!

Slavia - Praha